An Open Swimmer - Softcover
Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don't understand about Sean's mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl. They think he needs a job, but what Jerra is searching for is more elusive. Only the sea, and perhaps the old man who lives in a shack beside it, can help. An Open Swimmer is the remarkable first novel by award-winning author Tim Winton.
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Tim Winton has published twenty books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-five languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.
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- PublisherPenguin Books Australia Ltd
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140274022
- ISBN 13 9780140274028
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages163
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Open Swimmer is a remarkable first novel by one of Australia's most loved and respected writers, Tim Winton.Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, find a girl and make his mark. But they don't understand the marks he's already made and those he wears in secret. What happened with Sean's mother, Jewel? And why is he searching for the fish with the pearl?An Open Swimmer, the story of a young man's search for meaning and redemption, won the Australian/Vogel's when Tim Winton was only twenty-one. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140274028
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Open Swimmer is a remarkable first novel by one of Australia's most loved and respected writers, Tim Winton.Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, find a girl and make his mark. But they don't understand the marks he's already made and those he wears in secret. What happened with Sean's mother, Jewel? And why is he searching for the fish with the pearl?An Open Swimmer, the story of a young man's search for meaning and redemption, won the Australian/Vogel's when Tim Winton was only twenty-one. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140274028
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An Open Swimmer is a remarkable first novel by one of Australia's most loved and respected writers, Tim Winton.Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, find a girl and make his mark. But they don't understand the marks he's already made and those he wears in secret. What happened with Sean's mother, Jewel? And why is he searching for the fish with the pearl?An Open Swimmer, the story of a young man's search for meaning and redemption, won the Australian/Vogel's when Tim Winton was only twenty-one. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140274028
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